Charity Resources

We are building a resource page of websites which we feel are deserving. If you are an NPO that feels you belong here, please email us with your link information.

South African Non-Profits:

• iKamva Labantu – (‘the Future of our Nation’) is a South African non-profit organisation working with and assisting children, youth, families, seniors and those physically challenged.
• Goedgedacht trust – An African Charity where rural Children come First. Helping children to escape poverty  and care for the environment.
• Goedgedacht forum for social reflection
• Shack Dwellers International (SDI) – A transnational network of slum dweller organisations united at city and national level to form federations of the urban poor.
• Project 90 x 2030 – Preserving the environment. Cut Carbon – Dare to Change. This project encourages everyone to plant trees as a means of absorbing carbon. Planting an olive tree is very effective in absorbing carbon and olive trees live to a grand old age (in Portugal there are olive tree that are 800 years old!)
• Kids Of Nature Initiative – Reconnecting Kids with Nature.

Our Charity Partners

• Follow The Sun with Sharni Quinn on her 9 month journey in the pursuit of inner light that will take her through South Africa, India, Bali and Australia where she will be raising funds for charity and awareness of Yoga and its benefits with everyone who feels inspired and would like to learn how to rediscover their own authentic, happy “Self”.
• JustGiving help ordinary people raise extraordinary amounts for charity. See our profile here: www.justgiving.com/growpeace

Gift Aid and information for UK donors:

• Gift Aid guidance for UK donors – Tax relief when giving to charity through Gift Aid
• Giving to charity through Gift Aid
• Giving to charity through your Self Assessment tax return
• How to Claim UK Tax Benefits on Charitable Donations

Charities in the rest of Africa

• African Revival – African Revival’s vision is of an Africa where all people are empowered with the skills and resources they need to lift themselves out of poverty…
• Self Help Africa – Self Help Africa works with rural poor communities in Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

Special Mention:

• 1GOAL, an education for all – This World Cup support 1GOAL: Education for All and call on world leaders to provide education for 72 million children worldwide by 2015. Quote:
  “A child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past the age of five”.’
• ChildFund Australia – a child-focused, not-for-profit organisation that works directly with community leaders and families to create lasting and meaningful change.
• The Global Movement for Children – aims at uniting efforts from organisations, people and children to build a world fit for children.

More charity resources and links